Saturday, September 16, 2006

A long time ago a small company called Wizards of the Coast made a card game called Magic The Gathering. In 1994 they worked with Heartbreaker Hobbies to cast miniatures of their Deckmaster cards. I picked up a couple of these old miniatures a long time ago (about four years ago) in the discount bin. I then bought the card off of e-bay and copied the original Mark Poole picture onto the miniature. I've been working on/off this miniature for years - I kept tweaking with the highlighting and as of this weekend I'm declaring it finally finished!

Painting Instructions for Natural Selection (works better in a few hours instead of a few years):Step 01: Undercoat models with white primerStep 02: Use Chaos Black on base, staff, skirt, and feathered headStep 03: Use Blazing Orange on beakStep 04: Use Blood Red on furStep 05: Use Chaos Black on stripes and nailsStep 06: Use Scab Red on ball in handStep 07: Use Blazing Orange on furStep 08: Use mix of Blazing Orange and Fiery Orange on furStep 09: Use Fiery Orange on fur for highlightStep 10: Use mix of Fiery Orange and Skull White on fur for further highlightsStep 11: Use Golden Yellow - add to mix and perform final highlights - repeat 10 and 11 as neededStep 12: Use Skull White as chest highlights blending into Fiery OrangeStep 13: Use Scorched Brown on bird feathers and staffStep 14: Wet drybrush Snakebit Leather onto feathersStep 15: Mix a bit of Fiery Orange, Skull White, and Snakebite Leather for drybrush highlights on feathersStep 16: Use Bestial Brown on ridges of staffStep 17: Use Snakebite Leather on ridges of staffStep 18: Use Vomit Brown as final highlight on ridges of staffStep 19: Use Chestnut Ink mixed with 60% water and wash staffStep 20: Use mix of Chaos Black and Fortress Grey to highlight skirtStep 21: Use Fortress Grey as final highlight on skirtStep 22: Use Blood Red as highlight on ball in handStep 23: Use Blazing Orange to run a highlight stripe on ball in handStep 24: Use Skull White to place dot on top highlight of ball in hand

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